02809nam 2200469 450 991081483110332120170919051025.01-4422-4853-X(CKB)3710000000478280(EBL)4085978(MiAaPQ)EBC4085978(EXLCZ)99371000000047828020151231h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Baltic security puzzle regional patterns of democratization, integration, and authoritarianism /edited by Mary Hampton and M. Donald HancockLanham :Rowman & Littlefield,[2015]©20151 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-4852-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Chapter One. Waves of Conflict, Cooperation, and Tension in the Baltic Sea Region; Part II. ECONOMICS AND SOCIETY; Chapter Two. The Baltics and the Political Economy of Regional Integration; Chapter Three. Parties, Party Systems, and Patterns of Governance; Chapter Four. Political Culture in the Baltic Region; Chapter Five. Understanding European Security Integration: Fighting Criminal Interventions in the Baltic States; Part III. MILITARY SECURITY; Chapter Six. Russia and the BalticsChapter Seven. Unfinished Business: NATO Enlargement in the Baltic Sea RegioChapter Eight. The Future of Neutrality for Finland and Sweden; Chapter Nine. Redefining the Struggle: Why the Baltics Are Important to the Development of Strategic Thought Regarding Cyber Power; Chapter Ten. The Special Case of Kaliningrad: Borderland Behavior and Identity; Chapter Eleven. Conclusion: Significance of the Baltic Sea Region in Comparative and International Politics; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorsThe essays in The Baltic Security Puzzle, contributed by respected international experts, assess the components of this Baltic security puzzle. They place the security and political interests of the three Baltic States of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania within the historical, economic, and political narratives of the greater Baltic region.National securityBaltic StatesStrategic aspectsBaltic StatesPolitics and governmentNational security.355.0330479Hampton Mary N.Hancock M. DonaldMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814831103321The Baltic security puzzle4043127UNINA